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Cab driver rapes bar dancer
HC tells Delhi to keep night shelters functional
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Pros and cons of social movements discussed
4-day-old baby operated upon for rare nasal cyst
Dengue death in Delhi
DDA proposes regularisation of excess area in Games Village flats
Lower level workers to get wages through cheque, transfer to accounts
Police gets HIV threat letter
Chilly morning in Delhi
Women dermatologists share tips for success
All-India police band contest starts
A band group participates in the all-India police band competition in Gurgaon. Tribune photo: Sayeed Ahmed
Jamia to confer doctorate
on Amartya
Employment firm booked for fraud
Gurgaon couple to be cremated in Las Vegas
KFC employee dies in mishap
Girl commits suicide
Bank manager gets 7-yr
jail for fraud
3 held for duping aspiring students
Court tells police to trace, reunite boy with mother
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Cab driver rapes bar dancer
New Delhi, December 13 The police arrested the taxi driver from Vasant Kunj this afternoon. A police official said that the woman had telephoned for the taxi after she finished her shift at the pub around 2.30 am today. "The taxi arrived outside the mall and the driver, Shiv Kumar took her to an isolated, jungle-like area in Mehrauli, where he raped her. Kumar then planned to drop her near her home at Vasant Kunj. On the way, he panicked after seeing the police. Kumar thought that the victim would scream for help, therefore he dropped her at Aruna Asif Ali Road, Vasant Kunj," said the official. The police found the victim and registered a case at the Mehrauli police station. Kumar was arrested at Vasant Kunj at about 4 pm today. The accused is a resident of Devli Road, Khanpur. The victim is a bar dancer at a pub situated at Sahara Mall in Gurgaon.
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HC tells Delhi to keep night shelters functional
New Delhi, December 13 Directing the Delhi government as well as the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board of the MCD to comply with its August 9 order to improve the maintenance of night shelters, a bench of Acting Chief Justice AK Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw directed them to operate all 84 night shelters during winter. The court order came on a plea by an NGO apprising it of the closure of some night shelters despite the fact that the court had earlier rejected the government's plea to shut 84 temporary night shelters on the ground that they were losing more than Rs 1 crore per month due to low occupancy. The NGO, Shahari Adhikar Manch, alleged that despite the court's direction to the MCD to operate all night shelters, only 16 were operational as of today. It further alleged that the court had also asked the MCD to constitute a panel to find out ways and means to improve the upkeep of night shelters, but nothing had been done so far. The bench was deliberating on the issue of city night shelters that it had seized upon suo motu on media reports last year about the demolition of a night shelter on Pusa Road amid biting cold last year.
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Celiacs enjoy wheat-free evening
New Delhi, December 13 Seemingly ordinary, but golgappas, noodles, chhole kulche, gulab jamun, pasta and cake are not ordinary for people sensitive to gluten. So, as the Celiac Society for Delhi put together the annual event at the Silver Oak Lawns of the India Habitat Centre here on Sunday, it was a fun-filled gluten-free evening for people suffering from wheat allergy and their families. The programme, organized for the fifth time, is looked forward to by members of the society the whole year as it gives them an opportunity to interact with fellow celiacs and learn how to deal with it by exchanging experiences. The guests at the event included doctors, nutritionists, counsellors and chefs who fielded questions by the members regarding sensitivity to gluten-from how to diagnose the problem to how to overcome the challenges thrown by it. Murali Kartik, renowned cricketer supported the cause by participating as chief guest. Giving the example of Novak Djokovic, Serbian tennis champion who has been ranked world number one despite being on a gluten-free diet, he dispelled fears of the celiacs as far as being in form is concerned. Food labelling continues to be an issue as experts felt the need for a pressure group to impress upon the government the importance of listing ingredients on food packets as they said the prevalence of celiac disease was believed to be one in 200 persons. Since it is a food allergy in which cure lies in the cause, that is cure lies in staying away from wheat, the most important topic is what to eat as a substitute for wheat, how to make dishes with alternative ingredients and where to procure the ingredients or food. Thus, the demonstration of gluten-free cooking of dishes like rice noodles, moong daal cutlets and apple granola crunch by chefs attracted attention. While a gluten-free cooking competition was held for parents, the children had fun getting a chance to be 'li'l chefs' even as a magic show had them enthralled. Manufacturers of wheat-free products had also put up stalls for the benefit of the patients.
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Pros and cons of social movements discussed
New Delhi, December 13 Over 2,000 sociologists from across the globe are participating in the conference. Prof Michael Burawoy, president, International Sociological Association, spoke on social movements and democracy and vouched for a model of 'direct democracy' instead of 'representative' one. Citing the pitfalls of the latter, he elaborated on the fluidity of finance and added that Barak Obama as the President of the United States has been a failure in terms of managing financial capital. Prof Staffan Lindburg (Sweden) spoke about social transformation in context of transition from agrarian to industrial society. Contextualizing the discussion, he opined that such a transformation in India has been markedly slow and characterized by extreme agrarian crisis, reverse tenancy and scarcity of labour, especially of female labour. Referring to the rate of urbanization as one of the slowest in the world, he elaborated on how 'self-serving politicians' exploit cheap labour in small towns and villages and how this entrenchment 're-embeds rural capital'. Prof Detlef Breisen (Germany) demarcating the historical trajectory of sociology in Germany spoke about how the discipline was institutionalized reluctantly in Germany due to a large fraternity of sociologists fleeing Nazi Germany. Dr Satoshi Ota (Japan) traced the history of sociology in Japan, and spoke of distinguished changes in post-World War II Japan. The period following the 1950s manifested in immense social transformation, wherein, 'extended' families were replaced by 'nuclear' families and 'companies' were transformed to 'communities' for indulging in recreational activities. Attributing high living expenses and extremely low levels of confidence among Japanese males to low fertility rates in Japan, he termed it a new social problem in the 1990s. He also positioned the problem of burgeoning 'single' male and 'ageing' population to a section of Japanese males, who prefer to live in absolute seclusion. In conclusion, he advocated exploring the complex relationship between feminism and low fertility rates in developing and under-developed countries.
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4-day-old baby operated upon for rare nasal cyst
Faridabad, December 13 The infant, who was born on November 27 with TC, an abnormality which is developed during the growth of the foetus in the mother's uterus, underwent the surgery on December 1. The operation was carried out by a team of doctors at AIMS. According to doctors, TC is an abnormal growth of the lining of the nasopharynx (the area behind the nose) that results in a cyst where the sac is filled with fluid in the soft tissue of the nasopharynx. Some of these cysts drain on their own and some do not. "When the cysts do not drain, they may create symptoms such as pressure, headaches and ear congestion. The girl had developed breathing difficulties. Her oxygen levels were falling and she was not even able to swallow milk," said senior ENT consultant Lalit Mohan Parasher. Doctors said the process for this kind of surgery is very complex as the cyst was a rare occurrence even in adults. A team of doctors conducting several tests on the infant initially were not able to identify the cause of the baby's inability to breathe normally while being fed. "This was a complicated case as the diagnosis was unclear and time was running out for the baby. The very procedure to investigate and conduct a diagnosis on the four-day-old was challenging as she was delicate and her immunity levels were low," the doctor said. As per the surgeons, operating on the infant was "akin to conducting surgery on a mouse". "Taking utmost precautions, with just 4-5 ml blood loss and within 28 minutes we operated the cyst which was large and infected and which had caused respiratory obstruction to the child," the doctor added. IANS
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Dengue death in Delhi
New Delhi, December 13 According to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, Nurjahan (45), a resident of Batla House, died of dengue on December 5. "This is alarming, as dengue deaths are happening in spite of changes in the weather condition. Nurjahan was admitted to AIIMS on December 1. She died on December 5. She was recently diagnosed of suffering from dengue fever," Dr V K Monga, MCD health committee chairman, said. "With this the toll due to dengue hemorrhagic fever has gone up to seven this year. The total count of dengue cases in the city has gone up to 1,120," he said. Meanwhile, the results of 81 blood samples collected from pigs to test for presence of Japanese encephalitis virus will be available soon, he said.
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DDA proposes regularisation of excess area in Games Village flats
New Delhi, December 13 apartments after the builder pays the amount for the extra construction, Parliament was informed today. "A proposal has been received from the DDA to regularise the excess area built by the project developer after he pays market price for such excess area built by him. The proposal of the DDA is under active consideration of the government," minister of state for urban development Saugata Roy said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. The Delhi Development Authority had informed since the completion certificate for the CWG Village flats was yet to be issued, the handing over of the flats to buyers could not be started, he said. "The Delhi Development Authorityhas also informed that these flats have been constructed on the public-private participation (PPP) mode by a private developer who has constructed in excess of the sanctioned building plans resulting in delay of issuance of completion certificate," Roy added.
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Lower level workers to get wages through cheque, transfer to accounts
New Delhi, December 13 The Delhi government today issued an order to this effect aiming to ensure that the labourers and lower- level employees get their salary as per the minimum wages fixed by the government. "We are committed to implement provisions of the Minimum Wages Act, 1948 so that the interests of the labourers could be fully safeguarded," labour and industries minister Ramakant Goswami said. Officials said the government had decided to issue the order to end exploitation of labourers as it had been receiving complaints that they were paid less than the prescribed minimum wages. The labour department has asked the employees to give written authorisation letter for payment through cheque or by crediting the wages in their bank accounts. Goswami said henceforth, the wages would have to be released only through crossed cheques or by ECS. Officials said employers would have to facilitate opening of bank accounts of their employees.
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Police gets HIV threat letter
New Delhi, December 13 According to sources, the police received the letter on December 9, which was written by a group called "Anti-Anna HIV Positive Team". The letter reads, "If Anna Hazare is given permission for staging a demonstration, then we will be present among the crowds of people. Our team consisting of individuals carrying HIV positive needles is ready. We will first burst a cracker, which will disperse the crowd and then we will take advantage of the situation to infect people with the needles. Otherwise, if you want to prevent this, don't give permission to Anna Hazare." Deputy Commissioner of Police, Central District, Vivek Kishore said that the threat is real. "It was an anonymous letter. What you are saying is correct," he said.
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Chilly morning in Delhi
New Delhi, December 13 With the night chill increasing over the past few days, the minimum temperature has been consistently falling. "The minimum temperature today settled 2 degrees below the average for this time of the season at 6.9 degrees," said an official of the India Meteorological Department. The humidity level oscillated between 92 and 31 per cent. Weather department officials have forecast similar conditions for tomorrow. "Tomorrow, the morning will be quite chilly. We expect a light blanket of mist in the city. It will be accompanied by a chilly breeze. However, the weather will improve as the day will proceed. The afternoon is most likely to be clear and sunny," added the official. The temperatures tomorrow are likely to waver between 23 and 7 degrees.
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Women dermatologists share tips for success
New Delhi, December 13 The Women's Dermatologic Society (WDS) is the third largest dermatological organization in the USA with members from all over the world. This event was inaugurated by the president-elect of the Women's Dermatologic Society 2011, Dr Janet Hickman, who had travelled all the way from Virginia, USA. The event had the theme, "Women of Substance". Noted women dermatologists from Delhi and NCR, Dr Neena Khanna, Dr Archana Singal, Dr Vibhu Mendiratta, et al participated in the event. The WDS tagline is "Physicians, leaders, mentors" as it recognizes and encourages the qualities of leadership among its members. It recognizes women as professionals. A likely tie-up between the Indian women dermatologists and the WDS is on the cards. The topics covered in the event were: tips for success in academics, managing your husband's career with your own, organizational role, blending the needs of children with your career, being the lone woman dermatologist in an all-male environment, stress management, etc.
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All-India police band contest starts
Kadarpur, December 13 As many as 24 teams comprising 1,263 participants from six Central Paramilitary Forces, 17 State Police Bands and the RPF are participating in the competition. It will have events of Brass Band, Pipe Band and Bugler teams. Addressing the participants, the Director-General maintained that the bands were the tradition of the forces and played a crucial role in boosting their morale. "It needs discipline and dedication to synchronize with band tune, parade and situation," he observed and congratulated all teams on their participation. The bands will display their skills at DLF Promenade, Vasant Kunj; Select City Walk, Saket; and India Gate lawns.
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Jamia to confer doctorate
on Amartya
New Delhi, December 13 Sen, who holds close to 100 honorary degrees including 16 from Indian universities, will now receive one more. "We have decided to confer an honorary doctorate degree on Professor Sen for his contributions to teaching and research. He has agreed to accept the award," Jamia registrar
S.M. Sajid said. Though the university wanted to award the doctorate to the Harvard professor at its annual convocation last month, Sen was available at this time of the year
only. Jamia had honoured spiritual leader and other Nobel Laureate Dalai Lama on its convocation last year. Jawaharlal Nehru University too has decided to award an honorary doctorate to Russian President Dmitry
Medvedev, who is likely to visit Delhi next year, for his contributions to public life. The decision is yet to be communicated to Moscow. If Medvedev gives his consent, the university will also organise a special convocation to confer the award. |
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Employment firm booked for fraud
Ghaziabad, December 13 The agency, based in Okhla, allegedly procured Rs 50,000 to Rs 1 lakh each from over 200 students, promising them placement in multinational companies. Most of the students belonged to engineering colleges in Ghaziabad, Hapur, Modinagar, Loni and Pilakhuwa, said officials, adding that the company even issued fake offer letters to these candidates. A case of fraud was registered at the Vijay Nagar police station here against the company last evening following a complaint lodged by a group of students.
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Gurgaon couple to be cremated in Las Vegas
Gurgaon, December 13 Lovish, 28, and Anupama, 26, were among the five people killed in the chopper crash on December 7. The Gurgaon-based real estate professional and Anupama had got married on November 6 and left for their honeymoon a few weeks later on November 23. "We received the news of the crash the next day from the Indian embassy," said a grieving Puneet, Lovish's cousin. "A relative, who already had a US visa, left for Las Vegas by the next flight. Our family wanted the cremations to be done in Gurgaon, but were helpless due to the long and tough paper procedure," Puneet added. "Now we will cremate the bodies in Las Vegas, some of our family members are reaching there," said another family member. IANS
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KFC employee dies in mishap
New Delhi, December 13 Sources said that the deceased, Vipin was an employee of a KFC restaurant located at Vasant Gaon. He was returning home after closing it. A truck coming from Vasant Vihar rammed into the rear of his motorcycle, causing him to fall. The police was informed about the incident about 1.30 am yesterday. When it reached the place of the accident, it found Vipin lying in a pool of blood. He was rushed to the hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries. Sources said that the truck driver fled the spot after the accident. The police is searching for him. Labourer's body found
In a case of gruesome murder, the body of a factory labourer, with his throat slit and face crushed with a rock, was today found opposite Lakshmi Bai College in Ashok Vihar. The body was spotted by a rag-picker in the morning. The deceased has been identified as Subhash Chandra (41). |
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Girl commits suicide
Ghaziabad, December 13 The incident took place last evening. The girl died on the spot. A bus pass recovered from the girl's pocket revealed that she was a resident of Ankur Vihar in Loni, but the address was later found to be false, according to police officials. The body was sent for postmortem and a case has been registered.
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Bank manager gets 7-yr
jail for fraud
Ghaziabad, December 13 Chandra fraudulently withdrew Rs 10.84 lakh from his bank in Noida in 2004. The probe agency had filed a chargesheet against Chandra in 2005.
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3 held for duping aspiring students
Lucknow, December 13 Following a complaint by the director of the placement cell of an engineering college here, the special task force of the Uttar Pradesh oolice arrested the trio of Sukrat Consultancy Private Limited, yesterday. The company used to send e-mails to several colleges and get them deposit money in bank accounts at the rate of Rs 50,000 per company coming for interview. Later, they would withdraw money by fraudulent means, sources said, adding about Rs 15 lakh had been deposited in their accounts.
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Court tells police to trace, reunite boy with mother
New Delhi, December 13 The police was given time till December 15 to present
the boy.
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Kadarpur, December 13
